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Providing an “exceptional” service to its clients has earned regional accountancy group Bishop Fleming Gold status in the latest Investor in Customers (IIC) survey. It is the third time the firm, which has an office in Bath, has been recognised in successive assessment by independent customer services agency. IIC’s unique assessment process is built...
Regional accountancy firm Old Mill, which has offices in Melksham and Wells, has met stringent financial planning checks for the fourth year running to achieve the BS 8577 standard. Standards International, which awarded the certificate to the firm, commended it for investment in technology and “empathy and warmth for clients”. BS 8577 is the only...
Bristol Airport has been voted the best airport of its size in Europe in one of the industry’s top awards schemes. The airport, which handled 8.1m passengers last year, shared top billing in the 5m to 10m passenger category with Seville Airport in Spain at the annual ACI EUROPE Best Airport Awards last week....
Most of you have probably heard of Capital Gains Tax (CGT), but how much do you know about the situations in which CGT is charged? You could be forgiven for thinking that it’s only payable when you sell an asset which is chargeable to CGT (e.g. a rental property) and realise a ‘profit’ on...
Innovative small and medium-sized firms from the Bath area can apply for grants of between £10,000 and £75,000 to carry out research and development following the relaunch of an established funding programme. Innovation 4 Growth (I4G) funding totalling £500,000 is available to businesses from across the West of England in all sectors who...
